Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1956

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,120
2	Michael	1,342
3	John	1,308
4	Robert	1,296
5	William	1,283
6	David	1,120
7	Charles	905
8	Larry	736
9	Willie	701
10	Kenneth	640
10	Richard	640
12	Thomas	584
13	Donald	575
14	Ronald	565
15	Gary	491
16	Terry	476
17	Jerry	451
18	Johnny	444
18	Randy	444
20	Steven	397
21	Joseph	390
22	Jimmy	377
23	Danny	368
24	George	363
25	Billy	362

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Bobby	362
27	Timothy	357
28	Ricky	348
29	Gregory	326
30	Dennis	318
30	Mark	318
32	Anthony	314
33	Edward	301
34	Stephen	287
35	Paul	280
36	Ronnie	265
37	Eddie	260
38	Joe	256
39	Roger	246
40	Phillip	243
41	Rickey	238
42	Walter	227
43	Carl	223
44	Henry	219
45	Daniel	208
45	Samuel	208
47	Stanley	206
48	Steve	197
49	Tony	192
50	Tommy	184
51	Frank	179
52	Curtis	173
52	Jeffery	173
54	Arthur	171
54	Douglas	171
54	Roy	171
57	Harold	161
58	Randall	159
59	Micheal	157
60	Bruce	154
60	Melvin	154
62	Jeffrey	150
63	Albert	140
63	Clarence	140
65	Raymond	138
66	Jerome	136
67	Barry	135
68	Keith	130
69	Calvin	129
70	Reginald	123
71	Jack	121
72	Gerald	117
73	Glenn	116
74	Wayne	115
75	Howard	113
76	Rodney	112
77	Allen	111
78	Donnie	109
78	Marvin	109
80	Ralph	107
80	Ray	107
82	Charlie	106
82	Eugene	106
84	Jesse	103
85	Jackie	102
85	Jimmie	102
87	Lee	101
88	Fred	99
88	Joel	99
90	Earnest	95
91	Andrew	94
92	Alfred	93
93	Alan	91
94	Dwight	90
95	Lawrence	87
96	Frederick	86
96	Leon	86
98	Don	84
98	Leonard	84
100	Darrell	83
100	Jessie	83